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<blockquote data-quote="RobFM" data-source="post: 3928976" data-attributes="member: 20248"><p>I spend a lot of time thinking about this topic - some great opinion here already - will try not to repeat. All of this is prediction and opinion mixed with having an overview of how things have happened in other industries (manufacturing) and the studies being conducted all over the world.</p><p></p><p>Technology is coming at this sector. Developed world farming will be the place that takes advantage of this and will lead the charge in refining techniques, making the machinery more reliable, driving down prices on the road to mass production. Early adopters will seem crazy (as they do in any industry) until they prove they are making more money.</p><p></p><p>I think commodities markets as they stand will be overhauled and traceability of what has happened to the produce being more important; the internet enabling these deals to be done without traders.</p><p></p><p>Earth Observation (satellites, high altitude drones and balloons etc) is becoming more and more prevalent, ever cheaper and more 'real time' at a time when computing power and image recognition has never been cheaper. Farming will leverage this to spot problems as they happen. Connected devices in the field can manage moisture, temperature, pathogen detection and deploy targeted sprays. </p><p></p><p>Battery powered solar crawlers the size of dining tables will wander up and down arable land day and night tending crops, weeding and measuring on a plant by plant basis. In field robots monitoring animal behaviour and health beaming data back to base.</p><p></p><p>Livestock will have fitbit-style health monitors/implants and we will see a reduction in disease outbreaks.</p><p></p><p>Weather forecasting will be increasingly accurate and we may even be able to control parts of it.</p><p></p><p>All that was said above about soil health and study will come to the fore, for instance the soil flora and fauna (yeasts and funguses) and what it is that makes a soil good at growing what. Increased knowledge of the hundreds of variables on farm and what does and what doesn't make a difference. </p><p></p><p>Alerts from computers that are choosing the best days to do what operations and in time lots of these operations will need little to no human intervention. Lots of this stuff has to come from an opening up of anonymised data effectively increasing field trials from a few hectares to hundreds of thousands.</p><p></p><p>I think to that there will be a move to eat efficient protein; animals that make protein quickest. This starts looking like insects, molluscs and squid. So who knows what a maggot or squid farm looks like?</p><p></p><p>I love to chat through this stuff - it's my favourite thing to do! I am giving a quick talk about some of this stuff on the NFU stand tomorrow at Cereals...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobFM, post: 3928976, member: 20248"] I spend a lot of time thinking about this topic - some great opinion here already - will try not to repeat. All of this is prediction and opinion mixed with having an overview of how things have happened in other industries (manufacturing) and the studies being conducted all over the world. Technology is coming at this sector. Developed world farming will be the place that takes advantage of this and will lead the charge in refining techniques, making the machinery more reliable, driving down prices on the road to mass production. Early adopters will seem crazy (as they do in any industry) until they prove they are making more money. I think commodities markets as they stand will be overhauled and traceability of what has happened to the produce being more important; the internet enabling these deals to be done without traders. Earth Observation (satellites, high altitude drones and balloons etc) is becoming more and more prevalent, ever cheaper and more 'real time' at a time when computing power and image recognition has never been cheaper. Farming will leverage this to spot problems as they happen. Connected devices in the field can manage moisture, temperature, pathogen detection and deploy targeted sprays. Battery powered solar crawlers the size of dining tables will wander up and down arable land day and night tending crops, weeding and measuring on a plant by plant basis. In field robots monitoring animal behaviour and health beaming data back to base. Livestock will have fitbit-style health monitors/implants and we will see a reduction in disease outbreaks. Weather forecasting will be increasingly accurate and we may even be able to control parts of it. All that was said above about soil health and study will come to the fore, for instance the soil flora and fauna (yeasts and funguses) and what it is that makes a soil good at growing what. Increased knowledge of the hundreds of variables on farm and what does and what doesn't make a difference. Alerts from computers that are choosing the best days to do what operations and in time lots of these operations will need little to no human intervention. Lots of this stuff has to come from an opening up of anonymised data effectively increasing field trials from a few hectares to hundreds of thousands. I think to that there will be a move to eat efficient protein; animals that make protein quickest. This starts looking like insects, molluscs and squid. So who knows what a maggot or squid farm looks like? I love to chat through this stuff - it's my favourite thing to do! I am giving a quick talk about some of this stuff on the NFU stand tomorrow at Cereals... [/QUOTE]
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